PlanetScale managed database pricing.
Prices checked
PlanetScale publishes 61 managed database prices across 2 engines, Postgres from $5 a month, checked .
Every price PlanetScale publishes
PostgreSQL, 48 prices
- 1
PS-5 arm64, 512 MB
0.0625 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$5/mo - 2
PS-5 x86-64, 512 MB
0.0625 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$5/mo - 3
0.125 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$10/mo - 4
0.125 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$13/mo - 5
PS-5 arm64, 512 MB
0.0625 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$15/mo - 6
PS-5 x86-64, 512 MB
0.0625 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$15/mo - 7
0.25 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$17/mo - 8
0.25 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$20/mo - 9
0.5 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$28/mo - 10
0.125 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$30/mo - 11
0.5 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$33/mo - 12
0.125 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$39/mo - 13
1 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$50/mo - 14
0.25 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$50/mo - 15
0.125 vCPU · 10 GB disk · 3 nodes
$50/mo - 16
0.25 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$59/mo - 17
1 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$60/mo - 18
0.125 vCPU · 10 GB disk · 3 nodes
$60/mo - 19
0.25 vCPU · 10 GB disk · 3 nodes
$80/mo - 20
0.5 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$83/mo - 21
0.25 vCPU · 10 GB disk · 3 nodes
$90/mo - 22
2 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$96/mo - 23
0.5 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$99/mo - 24
2 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$117/mo - 25
1 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$148/mo
- 26
0.5 vCPU · 10 GB disk · 3 nodes
$150/mo - 27
0.5 vCPU · 10 GB disk · 3 nodes
$160/mo - 28
1 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$179/mo - 29
4 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$190/mo - 30
4 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$233/mo - 31
2 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$286/mo - 32
1 vCPU · 100 GB disk · 3 nodes
$320/mo - 33
1 vCPU · 100 GB disk · 3 nodes
$340/mo - 34
2 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$349/mo - 35
8 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$379/mo - 36
8 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$467/mo - 37
4 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$570/mo - 38
2 vCPU · 100 GB disk · 3 nodes
$570/mo - 39
2 vCPU · 100 GB disk · 3 nodes
$580/mo - 40
4 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$699/mo - 41
PS-1280 arm64, 128 GB
16 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$755/mo - 42
PS-1280 x86-64, 128 GB
16 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$933/mo - 43
8 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$1,135/mo - 44
4 vCPU · 237 GB disk · 3 nodes
$1,149/mo - 45
4 vCPU · 237 GB disk · 3 nodes
$1,179/mo - 46
8 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$1,399/mo - 47
PS-2560 arm64, 256 GB
32 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$1,510/mo - 48
PS-2560 x86-64, 256 GB
32 vCPU · no disk · 1 node
$1,867/mo
MySQL, 13 prices
- 1
0.125 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$39/mo - 2
0.25 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$59/mo - 3
0.5 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$99/mo - 4
1 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$179/mo - 5
2 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$349/mo - 6
2 vCPU · 110 GB disk · 3 nodes
$609/mo - 7
4 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$699/mo - 8
8 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$999/mo - 9
4 vCPU · 229 GB disk · 3 nodes
$1,209/mo - 10
8 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$1,399/mo - 11
16 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$1,799/mo - 12
16 vCPU · no disk · 3 nodes
$1,999/mo - 13
8 vCPU · 466 GB disk · 3 nodes
$1,999/mo
Where to start
Cheapest Postgres
PS-5 arm64
512 MB · 0.0625 vCPU · no disk
PlanetScale
The least you pay a month for a Postgres here.
Cheapest with a standby
PS-5 arm64
512 MB · 3 nodes · no disk
PlanetScale
The least you pay for a Postgres that survives a failed node.
Most RAM for the money
PS-1280 arm64
128 GB · 16 vCPU · no disk
PlanetScale
Where a GB of RAM costs you least, from 4 GB up.
Engines
2
PostgreSQL, MySQL
RAM per node
512 MB to 256 GB
the smallest and the largest it sells
Nodes
1, 3
Postgres, MySQL and Redis, with standbys
Smallest billing unit
Hour
billed per hour
Where PlanetScale ranks
What PlanetScale bills on top
PlanetScale publishes no metered rates beside its prices, which is not the same as charging nothing. Check its own page before you commit.
Frequently asked
- Which databases does PlanetScale sell?
- PostgreSQL (48 prices), MySQL (13 prices). Each comes on a single node or with standbys that take over if it fails.
- What is the cheapest PlanetScale Postgres?
- PS-5 arm64 at $5 a month, 512 MB of RAM on a single node, checked 21 Oct 2026. With a standby it starts at $15 a month.
- What does PlanetScale bill on top of the monthly price?
- PlanetScale publishes no metered rates beside its prices, which is not the same as charging nothing for them. Its own page is the place to check before you commit.
- How current are these PlanetScale prices?
- We read them from PlanetScale's own price list every day; the reading on this page is from 21 Oct 2026, from planetscale.com/pricing.md, the pricing calculator's catalogue, AWS us-east-1. Tax is extra.
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